At Morning Court

  At Morning Court. It was morning court at the General District Court in an old town city.  I was watching the paintings of retired judges on the wall when I noticed that a lot of the cases before me were being disposed of via default judgment.  Looking at the distraught faces of the defendants…

When Fraud Is Not a Fraud.

  When a Fraud is Not Really a Fraud. You just lent $10,000 to a “friend”.  He says he’ll pay you back and gives you three signed checks for $2000, $4500, and $4500 (the extra $1000 is interest).  He says he can’t pay all at once, which is why he has the checks postdated and…